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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






2. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






3. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






4. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






5. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






6. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






7. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






8. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






9. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






10. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






11. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






12. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






13. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






14. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






15. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






16. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






17. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






18. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






19. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






20. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






21. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.






22. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






23. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






24. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






25. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






26. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






27. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






28. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






29. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






30. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






31. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






32. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






33. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






34. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






35. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






36. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






37. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






38. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






39. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






40. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






41. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






42. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






43. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






44. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






45. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






46. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






47. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






48. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






49. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






50. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes